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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 1d

"The erasure of history is a way of unmooring us from what we know to be true, until suddenly the very idea of fact is somehow challenged," says @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social of George Orwell's ever-relevant warnings against authoritarianism. "It's a very bleak vision of the future." #Velshi

Velshi Banned Book Club: Filmmaker Alex Gibney on the frightening relevance of Orwell’s warnings

A brand new documentary from director Raoul Peck and producer Alex Gibney is a timely film centered around the writings and warnings of author George Orwell. It warns the “newspeak” of authoritarian rule is very much present in the current day. Gibney joins Ali Velshi to discuss the importance of Orwell’s works – especially at this point in history. “As a man of the world, he saw patterns of abuses of power, and he realized that they repeated themselves over and over and over again, across borders and through time,” Gibney says. “That's what makes Orwell's writing so compelling, is those simple patterns that repeat themselves over and over and over again…It's a very bleak vision of the future.”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

Gotta wet my hair so I can dry it. 2 am. Why is my hair such hard work? Who da fugg are all these wash n go girlie's?! (Sat here on Bluesky, avoiding doing my hair...)

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

That one created such a drought...
One hawk flew by and screeched...

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

Whatchu mean "befriend"?? So now I gotta be looking at "friends" HARD👀??!

Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

Loosely translates to "body", basically.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

Three ladies of class, talent, beauty, achievement, and wealth? I have no issue being the "little" lady at home to these three.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

You're gonna marry the one who doesn't wash her blousebeat?!

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

This just feels like a PSA for STI's

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

So wrong... yet so very right...

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 7d

130am and my hair is still wet? I do this to myself

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8d

News today that ICE shot a woman is chilling. The videos online show that there are some abusive, masked thugs masquerading as law enforcement.

Nobody deserves this. The courts need to step in.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 8d

I don't have words.
I don't have any # to offer. This is reality today.

Credit: @jayapal.house.gov on #YouTube

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Jackie and her four young children were kidnapped from a picnic by ICE

YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 8d

One of the biggest celebrations of the festival of light outside of India returns to Trafalgar Square on Sunday 12 October.

Everyone is welcome to Diwali on the Square - expect traditional dancing, activities for all the family and delicious food.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 9d

Could I please win the big prize in the lottery🙏🏽 for my birthday🙏🏽

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 9d

I can't see this making one bit of difference. Hamas can release every hostage, living or deceased, and this genocide will continue. What will be surprising? The international community making Israel stop.
I can fully see it making no difference to the IDF & everyone humming & hawing.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 9d

Why would Israel allow that? The point was to destroy the Palestinians, not give them an opportunity to recover. Thrive? Absolutely not

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 9d

Me minding my own business this FINE autumnal day, sipping my tea (as you do), and coming across a strange tale of international import. Just another Saturday morning on Bluesky...

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 9d

I can hear Putin's laughter all the way here...and I agree.

Completely ridiculous when democratic institutions actively try to destroy themselves by not standing up to the empire's attacks.

Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 10d

This is a strange ruling. The conclusion must be that anyone can destroy whatever subsea infrastructure they want as long as it is in the exclusive economic zone and not the territorial waters.

Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 10d

Second chance to do it again but not get caught?!

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11d

'VIP Lane' author (and producer of the 'Covid Contracts documentary) @russellscott1.bsky.social talks covid cronyism with @mrjamesob.bsky.social – just as PPE Medpro is ordered to pay £122 million for providing unusable gowns.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 10d

"This case is meant to chill all of us."

Atlanta-based journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation to El Salvador despite having work authorization in the U.S., where he has lived for decades. He was detained while covering a "No Kings" protest and has spent over 100 days behind bars.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 10d

#FlipTablesFlipTexas is a mandate for America, but also for us all. We do need to #FlipTables. People are turning away from "the church" because people USE the Bible and God to punish and restrict.
Jesus asked us to do VERY simple things.
Love thy neighbour, as thyself.
Judge not lest ye be judged.

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Deborah @deborahxoxo.bsky.social · 10d

#Christians of SM! It is time to take our #Faith back. #MAGA, Christian Nationalists, etc are out here claiming Jesus while standing in opposition to ALL He stood for.
We have to claim these folk, and we have to help them.

Credit: @mdg650hawk.bsky.social on #YouTube

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Texas Dem James Talarico #duet #religion #texas #house #debate #christian #gospel #jesus #republican

YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk

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